Causes and consequences of discontinuation of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in non-terminally III patients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1203-1205

  Li, Huagui ^a   Natale, Andrea ^b   Zhu, Weixi ^b   Greenfield, Ruth Ann ^b   Easley, Arthur ^b   Barrington, William ^b   Windle, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0032525272     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00090-3     Document Type: Article

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